Book Review: The Fall of Dublin by Liz Gillis
Book Review: The Fall of Dublin by Liz Gillis Mercier, 2011 Reviewer: John Dorney Liz Gillis’s new book, the …
1916, A Military Failure? A Q&A With Paul O’Brien
Eoin Purcell, The Irish Story Publisher, had an email Q&A with author and historian of the Easter Rising, Paul O’Brien. O’Brien’s two …
Today in Irish History – The Upton Ambush, February 15 1921.
On this day, in west Cork, in 1921, at least eleven people were killed in a vicious ten-minute firefight at Upton train station …
Wellington Barracks, Dublin, 1922 – A Microcosm of the Irish Civil War
John Dorney looks at Wellington Barracks during the first 6 months of the Irish Civil War. We often concentrate on the emotional impact of …